Dawood Ibrahim was also a fan of Rishi Kapoor! Underworld don invited Bollywood actor to his home and gave him tea

New Delhi: There was a time when Rishi Kapoor had made his own place in Bollywood along with stalwarts like Amitabh Bachchan and Vinod Khanna. He had won the hearts of the audience with the films ‘Bobby’ and ‘Prem Rog’, but a unique name was also included in the list of his fans, which is underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.

meeting underworld don dawood

Rishi Kapoor has mentioned this meeting in his autobiography ‘Khullam Khulla’. He went to Dubai in the year 1988. As soon as he came out of the airport, a person met him and made him talk to Dawood on the phone. Dawood said if you need anything then let me know. After reaching the hotel, we came to know that Dawood was inviting them to his house to have tea.

Rishi Kapoor did not see any harm in this. He agreed with one of his friends. A big car came outside the hotel. As soon as they sat in the car, some people started talking in another language. Later it was revealed that they were being taken by changing routes, so that no one could remember the address of the house.

Tea and special conversation at home

Dawood himself came out and welcomed both of them. They served tea and biscuits. Dawood clearly said that he neither drinks nor serves alcohol, hence he has invited us for tea. During the conversation, Dawood praised Rishi Kapoor’s father Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and his uncles. Then he told that he likes one film of Rishi Kapoor the most.

Don’s favorite film ‘Tawaif’

Dawood’s favorite film was ‘Tawaif’ released in 1985. In this film, Rishi Kapoor played the character named ‘Dawood’. Rati Agnihotri and Poonam Dhillon were the heroines of this film. Dawood said that he likes this film very much because of its name. This film was not very successful at the box office, but it had made a special place in the heart of a person like Dawood.

Second meeting of Rishi Kapoor and Dawood

Rishi Kapoor’s second meeting with Dawood took place in a mall in Dubai. There Dawood asked to go shopping, but Rishi Kapoor left from there. These meetings remind of the era when there used to be unknown relations between Bollywood and the underworld. Rishi Kapoor shared these incidents without any fear in his book, which remains a topic of discussion even today.